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Organic Sugar Substitute: Stevia

By: Lisa on 10/20/2007

I mentioned Stevia briefly in my post about my yummy breakfast find, Kashi GoLean hot cereal. Stevia was such a great find for me, I wanted to talk more about it and bring it to the attention of any dieters who might come along and find this post. What has me so excited about it ...

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Saturday Syndication – Dieting, Weight Loss & Fitness Weekly Wrap Up #3

By: Lisa on 10/20/2007

Saturdays are usually the days I try to find some rest, relaxation and otherwise get away from all things work related. I used to be really good about reading the sites I subscribe to in my Bloglines (via RSS feed) on a daily basis – – but, alas.. work gets in the way and I’m ...

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How a Low-Carb Diet Can Cause a Yo-Yo Effect

By: Lisa on 10/09/2007

Susan Mitchel of the Orlando Sentinal reports that the dieting Yo-Yo effect is common when you follow a lo-carb diet. Why? …it’s not unusual for someone to experience a yo-yo effect following a low-carb diet. The body loses water, muscle and fat during weight loss, especially on a low-carb diet. A very low-carb diet is ...

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10 Ways to Reduce Fat in Your Diet

By: Lisa on 09/23/2007

Choose low-fat or skim milk. One cup of whole milk has 8.5 grams of fat and 150 calories. That’s more than 50% of calories from fat. Compare that to one cup of skim milk with .4 grams of fat and 81 calories. If you’re not quite ready for skim milk, try 2% milk with 5 ...

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Thursday 13 #5 – Excercise Tips

By: Lisa on 08/03/2006

This week’s Thirteen covers some various exercise tips that I’ve found through my travels, readings and researching – some of them are pretty helpful too!

Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss

By: Lisa on 07/24/2006

Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss is a book I picked up recently and am in the process of reading this week….

Thursday Thirteen #3 – Ways to Improve Your Water Intake

By: Lisa on 06/08/2006

Thought I’d would join in the Thursday Thirteen fun this week. I’m always looking for ways to improve and boost my water intake. Here’s a few water solutions I’ve found to be helpful to me – please share yours! The U.S. National Research Council recommends 1 mL of water for every calorie you eat. So ...

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Thursday Thirteen #2 – Sweet Snacks

By: Lisa on 05/25/2006

Thought I’d would join in the fun this week..13 sweet 100 calorie snack solutions

Thursday Thirteen #1 – Salty Snacks

By: Lisa on 05/18/2006

In my diet and exercise plan – I find that I have certain weaknesses that are really hard for me to combat..

How Stars Lose Weight FAST?

By: Lisa on 05/06/2006

I read this in US Magazine – - I wonder about the validity of it?

AOL Beach-Ready Boot Camp

By: Lisa on 04/27/2006

Reader Laura writes in about AOL’s Beach-Ready Boot Camp. I’d never heard of it before – - have you?

Healthy Fat

By: Lisa on 02/02/2006

I’ve been reading up quite a bit on fats in my diet. I can’t be the only one confused by fats and all the different kinds, shapes, sizes, names and.. Saturated, transfats, fatty acids.. and on and on. I don’t want to be come fat phobic in my quest to lose weight and eat a ...

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